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Multilingual Commons is the blog of the Center for Language Study at Yale University. It showcases events, topics, and opinions of interest to the second language teaching and learning community at Yale, and features writing by staff and language faculty.

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In the current (March/April 2016) issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine, David Zax, YC '06, covers how Yale is adapting to the 'digital revolution' in teaching and learning. The article, entitled "The digital evolution of teaching at Yale," also briefly mentions the Center for Language Study's Shared Course Initiative: Improving the Yale learning experience is a…

For those of you who are interested in the activities of CALICO, the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, we're re-posting a recent update message to members from the group's president, Phil Hubbard. Happy 2016 CALICO members and friends! I thought I would take this opportunity to let you know what your Executive Board and some other…

I just came across a useful article by William Fenton in PC Mag, reflecting on future trends in online education in light of happenings at the recent Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning-organized Learning With MOOCs II conference: "Online Education: The Year Ahead" While the article has helpful summaries of topics and trends (as well…

On Tuesday, April 21, Angie Gleason, Minjin Hashbat, and Dave Malinowski of the CLS joined dozens and dozens of Yale faculty and staff welcoming hundreds of prospective freshmen and their parents to information tables in Payne Whitney Gym, part of the university's annual Bulldog Days. Present also were many of the dedicated language faculty at…

The Yale Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), in partnership with the Bass Library and ITS, is offering two sets of 20 iPad Airs (32GB, WI-Fi-only) and two sets of 20 iPad Minis (16GB, WI-Fi-only) for instructional use during both 2015 summer sessions. Yale faculty members interested in using the iPads for either of the…

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The Connecticut Council for Language Teachers (CT COLT) ran and organized a two-day summer institute in June 2019. Hostesses Lea Graner Kennedy, Kathleen Archibald and language education expert Greg Duncan led one hundred and some world language educators on a…

In Fall of 2018 and Spring of 2019 and in eight-three-hour sessions, myself and a group of graduate students, language lectors, and Foreign Language Teaching Assistants completed the Distance Language Teaching Program offered by the Center for Language Study at…

When asking Google what a word cloud is, this definition appeared: A word could is an image composed of words used in a particular text or subject, in which the size of each word indicates its frequency or importance. I…

Back in the Groove.After a two – week break, going back to a language class is never easy. We have all been… Posted by The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University on Monday, March 26, 2018

I applied for the CLS Fellowship in Fall of 2016 with hopes of getting a one course release and using the time to focus on my project. With complete focus on using online resources to enhance the teaching of Levantine…

During Summer Session B, class of Arabic 120 (Summer 2017) visited the Beinecke Library to get a close look and a detailed account of a variety of Arabic manuscripts amongst the collection available in the library. After the class visit…